Product Owner Job Trends in the North of England

Product Owner
England > North of England

The median Product Owner salary in the North of England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 242 261
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 23 39 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.21% 0.43% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.46% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 22 17 25
10th Percentile £39,331 £48,500 £46,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £51,250 £54,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +15.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £87,375 £72,250 £134,356
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -13.33% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 9,556 8,552 8,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.69% 94.06% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,571 4,030 6,496
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,309 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +0.62% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Product Owner' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in the North of England

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the North of England

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the North of England

Product Owner
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +6 13 £60,000 - 8
North East - 7 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -21 3 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Product Owner job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Product Backlog
3 7 (30.43%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (26.09%) Backlog Management
4 6 (26.09%) Product Vision
4 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (26.09%) User Stories
5 4 (17.39%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (17.39%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Atlassian
6 3 (13.04%) B2B
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.04%) ITSM
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Scrum
6 3 (13.04%) Service Management
6 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
6 3 (13.04%) User Experience
7 2 (8.70%) Azure
7 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (8.70%) Change Management
7 2 (8.70%) CMS
7 2 (8.70%) CRM
7 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
7 2 (8.70%) DevOps
7 2 (8.70%) Epics

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) CMS
2 1 (4.35%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.70%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Google Analytics
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Law
3 2 (8.70%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) OpenAPI
1 1 (4.35%) REST
1 1 (4.35%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (86.96%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Cybercrime
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Product Backlog
3 7 (30.43%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (26.09%) Backlog Management
4 6 (26.09%) Product Vision
4 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (26.09%) User Stories
5 4 (17.39%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (17.39%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) B2B
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.04%) ITSM
6 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.04%) Scrum
6 3 (13.04%) Service Management
6 3 (13.04%) User Experience
7 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.35%) CISSP
1 1 (4.35%) CSPO
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Atlassian
1 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
2 2 (8.70%) iManage
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) IBM
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Sitecore